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Spindle shims for fly reels

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:21 pm
by Liphook
Anyone know where to source shims for the likes of Youngs and Daiwa Seiko/Olympic fly reels? Looking to refinish a couple with spray paint and lacquer and it would be great to take out a bit of 'play' out of them :Hat:

Re: Spindle shims for fly reels

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:18 pm
by Barbelseeker
the only place I might think and it would be shim sheet would be Boneham and Turner at Mansfield. When I initially worked in Engineering we used their products quite a lot.

Here is their catalogue -

https://www.boneham.co.uk/catalogue-brochure

we also used their bushes on mild steel shafts to give a very accurate outside hardened diameter on which we could run Ina needle bearings on - often thought about how this combination may transfer to a centre pin.

Re: Spindle shims for fly reels

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:33 pm
by Liphook
Thank you Barbelseeker, I shall investigate :Hat: